Qld Premier Cricket honour roll: Top performers from men, women grades and Taverners, Brisbane Metro Cup named
Australia’s best young batsman did it again while a teen trio shone bright across Taverners and Queensland Premier cricket. See who starred across all the grades here.
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St Patrick’s College Year 11 student Steve Hogan, one of many teenagers who impressed in Queensland Premier Cricket. scored his maiden first grade century at the weekend.
Hogan, the Australian Under-19s batting weapon, scored an even century on Saturday against Norths which marked his first triple-digit score in the top flight Bulls Masters competition.
There were other teenage high achievers, including bowling heroes Charlie Thomas (Valley, Bulls Masters) and Callum Pamenter (Wests, Taverners), while Ipswich’s Rhys Johnston scored yet another spectacular hundred in Taverners.
It was a round which also saw University’s old-pro openers, Lovell and Street, each plunder centuries and Mikayla Wrigley (Sunshine Coast) shine in Raymont Shield action.
Each week Queensland’s top performing cricketers are highlighted here across the mens, women’s, Taverners and Brisbane Metro Cup competitions.
PLAYERS OF THE ROUND
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Bulls Masters, mens first grade
Players of the Day
Valley v South Brisbane
Charlie Thomas (Valley)
He has played his junior career in the shadow of thrilling Queensland fast bowling talent Callum Vidler, but on Saturday Thomas had his day in the brightest of sunshine.
Thomas, a Brisbane Grammar School GPS First XI premiership winning alongside of Vidler in 2022, took 6-57 during a hair-raising 16 overs of attacking bowling as Souths were dismissed for 256.
With his old mate Vidler (2-21, 12 overs) building pressure from the other end, Thomas worked through the Souths batting line-up which was boosted by Brandon Faber’s outstanding 74.
Sandgate-Redcliffe v Northern Suburbs
Steve Hogan and Adrian Lascu (Gators)
Bayside boy Hogan (100) worked his way to an even century while captain Adrian Lascu (107, 130 balls) ensured Sandgate-Redcliffe had one of its best days with the bat with his own hundred in a northside derby against Norths.
Boy wonder Hogan, who earlier this year scored a century for the Australian under-19s aged just 16, worked over the Norths attack to score a well paced 100 from 156 balls.
Adrian Lascu went a little harder at the bowling, and it took a run out, the Oliver Lunt-Raveesh Srivastava combination, to end his innings.
University v Gold Coast
Angus Lovell and Bryce Street (University)
The Batman and Robin of club cricket openers stormed out of the bat cave and raced University toward an unbeatable position against the Gold Coast.
Street, fresh from his 3-24 in the last round, scored 114 (159 balls) while Lovell (105, 156 balls) came off his maiden first class century against New South Wales last week to post another century.
The boys gave their side a foundation to finish at 7-415.
Ipswich v Toombul, first innings
Jem Ryan (Ipswich)
The big fella, who earlier this season deservedly made his Second XI debut, crashed through Toombul’s middle order to short-circuit the Bulls’ push for a 320-plus total.
Toowoomba Grammar School old boy Ryan, one of the top club players last summer, broke the crucial partnership between Preston White (75) and Amritpal Grewal (58), and then quickly dismissed Tobias Snell and Sam Wilson for ducks.
Daniel Cranitch (Toombul)
Captain Cranitch has given Toombul a sniff by rallying alongside Tom Balkin to arrest a collapse and push Toombul’s total beyond 260.
Balkin (25 not out) played the support role as Cranitch hit out for 54 (67 balls).
Redlands v Sunshine Coast
Harrison Clark-Burnham and Zak Willox (Sunshine Coast)
Clark-Burnham and Willox did the hard yards in the opening session to put down the pavers leading to their team’s total of 366.
Clark-Burnham (75, 122 balls) and Willox (70, 176) fatigued the Redlands attack which toiled bravely.
Caloundra junior Clark-Burnham, who started at the Lighthouse club way back in 2008, was magnificent alongside his opening partner before Nicholas Fletcher (76, 76 balls) rewarded his openers by pushing his team forward at pace.
Wests v Wynnum Manly
Isaiah Snell (Wests)
Snell played a lone hand to prop up his team’s innings, scoring 71 (151 balls) out of Wests’ 187.
He defied the Liam Guthrie-led Sea Eagles attack for around three hours, giving his side something to bowl at.
Special mention to Wynnum’s Queensland representative Guthrie (4-42) who stormed the trenches with his left arm pace after Thando Ntini’s initial success for Wynnum Manly.
Soham Sane (Wests. 2-10) also deserved a mention after he gave Wests a sniff with two late wickets after earlier scoring a valuable 14.
TAVERNERS, LEW COOPER CUP
Western Suburbs 10-219 defeated Sandgate-Redcliffe 10-203
Callum Pamenter (Wests)
Right arm fast bowler Pamenter (5-27) let the ball sing during a stunning nine over burst which included the prized scalp of Steve Hogan for just four after Hogan had scored a first grade century the day before.
The brother of Ipswich Grammar First XV captain Will, Year 10 Ipswich Grammar School student and former IGS junior school captain Callum induced early edges to give Ryan Atley two catches behind the stumps.
Callum then returned to dismiss Jack Southgate (31, 70 balls) before giving Atley another two catches.
Special mention to Sandgate’s Hayden Dalmazzo (73, 59 balls) whose snap, crackle and pop innings almost lifted the Gators to a sensational late victory after the baysiders looked down and out. Well done also to Sandgate leg spinner Lakshdeep Singh, a The Lakes College student who took 4-43, and to Wests opener Will Garate (73).
Northern Suburbs 9-254 defeated Toombul 10-125
Eli Brain (Norths)
Brain continued to impact the competition after one of the best all around performances of the season.
Initially the Brisbane Grammar School First XI representative did damage with the bat, shaking his team’s innings up with a rapid 60 from 72 balls.
Then, with the ball, Brain was the main man in a thriller.
Bowling second change, he caused havoc during a 10 over burst which yielded 4-22.
He was man of the match, and one of the men of the round, by a country mile.
Spencer Green (Toombul)
The Nudgee student continued to have a bumper season, with his wrist spin capturing another four wickets (4-35).
Green snared the big wicket of Harry DeSouza (60) who was dug in deep, and from there spun his way through the middle and lower order. Special mention also to Charles Hinze (Norths, 3-30).
Redlands 8-187 defeated Wynnum Manly 10-183
Jye Coop and Samuel Pauli (Redlands)
Wellington Point Wildcards junior Jye Coop was a late innings hero with his 19 not out propelling Redlands (8-187) to a gripping win over Wynnum (183) in a bayside derby for the ages.
Never before has someone who scored 19 made the players of the round, but without his run-a-ball contribution would Redlands have passed their opponent’s total? Highly unlikely.
He scrambled the winning runs alongside of Ayaan Khan (six not out).
Bears and Bulimba junior Samuel Pauli altered the momentum, with his 4-23 extracting top order players Ritchie, Collins and Maguire.
Hayden Hamilton (Wynnum Manly)
Hamilton’s fabulous season continued at pace, this time in the bayside derby.
In a low scoring game Hamilton scored 64, slipping behind the castle wall and fighting to the death during his 114-ball innings.
He has been one of the players of the season so far.
University 5-134 defeated Gold Coast 10-133
Angus Storen (University)
With runs (40) and wickets (2-18) Storen had a big say in University’s five wicket win.
Having watched Harry Langdon (3-37) and Thomas King (3-34) enjoy early success, the Churchie First XI player chipped in with his two top order wickets.
It was an elite team bowling performance by Uni which saw Blake Armstrong hustling through his 10 overs of spin to snare 1-7.
Storen then opened the innings with Theodore Bacalakis (40, 42 balls) and together they ensured there would be no upset win by successfully attacking the bowling.
Sunshine Coast 3-175 defeated Valley 7-173
Aryan Sanjay and Joe Murray (Sunshine Coast)
Sanjay and Murray combined to ensure the Scorchers’ players had the chance of a Sunday afternoon surf with their blistering partnership.
Sanjay, who made his first grade debut for Marrochydore last year, made 77 from 79 balls while stylish Tewantin-Noosa junior Murray scored 59 from 62 balls.
Special mention to, you guessed it, the Sunshine Coast captain Malakai Pearce who we simply had to mention again. This time for his 2-21 from 10 overs and his 23 not out which ended the match in a hurry.
Ipswich 2-179 defeated South Brisbane 7-177
Rhys Johnston (Ipswich)
Johnston’s rich vein of form was evident again, this time with his stunning 112 not out from 118 balls opening the innings during the Hornets’ win.
He has consolidated his place at the top of the batting order, with a high strike rate on Sunday showing he can play the aggressive game and the slow game.
The Toowoomba Grammar School gloveman, who originally hails from Far North Queensland, has really taken his game to another level this season.
Oscar Dioth (Ipswich)
Ipswich junior Oscar Dioth was the man of the hour midway through the Ipswich fielding innings where in a short span of time he removed South Brisbane skipper Dushyant Thaman (50), Deacon Hunt and Will Carruth.
He could not have taken a more important wicket than Thaman and it was a just reward for his sound bowling efforts that yielded 3-30 from 10 overs.
Dushyant Thaman and Ishaan Sandhu (South Brisbane)
Thaman (50, 80 balls) and opener Ishaan Sandhu (54, 93 balls) showed plenty of fight after Ipswich captain Colby Rudd had sent Souths into bat first.
Sandhu stood tall when questions were being asked in the opening stages and before long, himself and Thaman were in their groove.
Together they produced 75 runs. Thaman was also his team’s most potent bowler with his left arm orthodox spin.
Katherine Raymont Shield, women's first grade
Top players of the round
Olivia Steel (Wests)
The Wests No. 7 batter had nerves of steel bringing up an unbeaten 50 (37 balls) after all before her had fallen cheaply at the hands of the Sandgate-Redcliffe bowlers.
She was the bedrock of the Wests innings as well as the entertainment factor having hit four fours and two sixes to power Wests towards a formidable 132-run total.
Caitlin Mair (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
Chasing 133 runs to win against Wests, Gators opener Caitlin Mair showed her class.
The young veteran produced 54 runs from 45 balls and when she was out there alongside Tess Cooper and Mia Croucamp, Wests were on the back foot.
That was until Ayaka Stafford (2-18) and Ruby Strange (2-25) flipped the match on its head.
Kira Holmes (Valley)
Holmes was the head of the snake for Valley, as she so often is, leading the charge as captain.
The elite opening batter scored 56 from 47 with her partner in crime Lucinda Bourke blitzing her way to 39 (30 balls) as well.
Mikayla Wrigley and Tarah Staines (Sunshine Coast)
The Scorchers openers steered their side to a 10-wicket victory over Valley as if to say ‘anything you can do, I can do better’.
After Holmes and Bourke spearheaded their team to 133, Wrigley (67 not out, 48 balls) and Staines (55 not out, 44 balls) were girls on a mission.
They finished the job, 17 boundaries later, with five overs to spare.
In the other game played against Sandgate-Redcliffe, again Wrigley could not be tamed.
She scored 88 from 68 balls opening the batting, taking the Scorchers to 165 runs before she was removed by Sofia Velic.
Jessica Daldy (University)
Daldy did her bit for University bowling the ball before Taylor Stumer (24 not out), Emma Jackson (28) and Anlo van Deventer (35 not out) did the rest to snare a comprehensive victory over the Gold Coast.
Daldy’s deadly first spell yielded three wickets and when she came back into the action she was still potent when claiming her fourth and final.
Her figures were 4-24 with Tara Wheeler (2-15) also coming up trumps.
Sienna Ginger (Valley)
Against Wests, Ginger reminded us why she is a teen phenom in the women's cricket space.
She was a class act with the ball (3-17) and then a standard-setter with the bat where she was the topscorer with 48 (41 balls).
There was only one that outperformed Ginger and that was another special rookie talent in Lily Bassingthwaighte.
Lily Bassingthwaighte (Wests)
Bassingthwaighte was at her brilliant best for Wests in a win over Valley. She scored 35 opening the batting and then was influential again with the ball where she removed both Valley openers for next to nothing.
Bassingthwaighte finished with five wickets after 20 deliveries.
Allegra Pollack (Wynnum-Manly)
Pollack’s half century opening the batting and chasing the Gold Coast’s 92 runs was another highlight from Sunday’s matches.
It came after her teammates Clodagh Ryall and Erin Moran (three wickets each) kept the Dolphins to under 100.
With a fierce determination and skill, Pollack piled the pain onto the Goldy bowlers with five fours and a six steering her team to a six-wicket victory more than six overs ahead of time.
Allan Pettigrew Shield, mens second grade
Joshua Wigginton (University). His captain’s knock of 104 (150 balls) out of 335 was outstanding.
Carter Corless (Toombul). In a fast moving game which saw 21 tumble at Baxter Oval, Nudgee College product Corless snared five of them (5-29).
Tom Sippel and Paul Nasser (Ipswich). Sippel continued to be in the game with his 5-43, while Nasser led from the front as captain to claim 4-23.
Sam Geary (Scorchers). His stunning second spell sent wickets tumbling like ten pins scattering in a bowling alley, as he amassed figures of 6-31
Jasper Sumner (Redlands). It was a day for skipper’s last Saturday, with Sumner (4-21) leading his team’s recovery in the field after the side had been dismissed cheaply for 128.
Christopher Abbey (Sandgate-Redcliffe). The clever leg spinner took 5-74, including the important wickets of lower order batsmen Samuel Deacon (56) and Patrick Farrell (27) who had dug in deep and who were leading a recovery.
Matthew Love and co (South Brisbane). Love scored a hard earned 41 from 128 to typify Souths’ fighting performance. He, Arlen Wells-Peris (47), Jacob Bath (39) and Edward Leslie (37 not out) showed pride in the badge to battle hard.
Max Carlyon (Wests). Carlyon has moved fluently to 62 not out by stumps and along with a watchful Darcy Graham has taken the Sea Eagles to 0-96 chasing 210.
Varinder Nakhwal (Wynnum Manly). He scored a quarter of his team’s runs following his lovely 52.
Norm McMahon Shield, mens third grade
Jackson Todman (Redlands) A bayside boy to the core, Todman’s 105 from 188 balls was the mainstay of his team’s 300 which has put the Tigers in the box seat.
Jackson Pavey (Sandgate Redcliffe). A Pine Rivers SHS product from the prolific junior hob of Albany Creek, Pavey bowled his team into the driver’s seat against Valley with 6-49.
Josh Tazzyman (Valley). Tazzyman took two quick wickets to turn the tables on the Gators (now 5-42) who had turned ahead after dismissing Valley for 154.
Daniel Gray and Liam McConville (Souths). Gray (58, 85 balls) and Liam McConville (59 not out) upped the ante to get their side to 7-249.
Jason King and Mitch Hammond (Toombul). King and Hammond did it all on their own with centuries at the top of the order for the Bulls against Gold Coast.
Jonathan Allcock (Wests). Allcock drove through the Wynnum innings with 14 over spell of 5-35 that has placed his side on top against Wynnum Manly.
Jon Shaw (Wynnum). Captain Shaw was magnificent with his performance, making 50 from 133 balls to lead the way for his side which would have been lost without him.
Brisbane Metro Cup
Ipswich East 6-125 def Wynnum Manly 10-124
Oli Lethbridge, Rylan McDonald and Isaac Krause (Ipswich)
The young gun bowlers from Ipswich engineered a class display at the bowling crease where between them, seven wickets were taken.
With Darcy Smith also key, Lethbridge and McDonald moved through the Wynnum Manly top order to remove key batters Alex Harrison (21) and Aden Bidle (26).
Krause and Lethbridve continued to let it rip as the Sea Eagles gave into the immense pressure created by their airtight bowling efforts.
University 7-253 def Valley 10-219
Shanuka Silva and Hugo Kelly (University)
University’s second wicket partnership produced 88 runs with Sanuka Silva’s run-a-ball half century, opening the batting, getting his team off to a wonderful start.
Feeding off Silva’s clean hitting at the other end, Kelly amassed 36 himself to fire University into the box seat.
Charlie Conway and Jonathon Tennakoon (University)
After Joshua Pope, Archie Murray and Jack Mercer had announced themselves with the ball, Charlie Conway and Jonathon Tennakoon played a crucial role resurrecting the University batting innings.
No. 7 Conway watched his team go from 1-121 to 5-121 in the blink of an eye and impressively, he faced 75 balls for his unbeaten 57.
It was vital and his partner in crime Tennakoon (60, 66 balls) joined him on the journey which took University to 253 after Valley had a big sniff.
Nissanpal Singh Saroya and Oliver Harris (Valley)
In pursuit of 254 runs, Singh Saroya and his vice-captain Harris put the pressure back onto the University bowlers with scores of 42 and 54 respectively.
After Lachlan Szumowski (21) and Oliver Hayes (28) had starts, the pair dialled in to bring life into the chase.
However when Yumeth Hewa Walgamage removed the big-hitting Harris, who struck the ball at 142, Uni had all but confirmed their spot in the big dance.
Originally published as Qld Premier Cricket honour roll: Top performers from men, women grades and Taverners, Brisbane Metro Cup named
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